The real secret of the arts: always be a beginner.

If you want to find peace, then look at that point where you find you're dissatisfied and investigate what's really going on.

When you talk, you are only repeating what you already know. But if you listen, you may learn something new.

Just observe whatever arises. Don't try to create anything, and don't reject anything.

The trouble is, you think you have time.

The root of suffering is attachment.

The truth of Zen is the truth of life, and life means to live, to move, to act, not merely to reflect.

My father is the intrinsic awareness, Samantabhadra. My mother is the ultimate sphere of reality, Samantabhadri. I belong to the caste of non-duality of these two.

Don't be a bodhisatta; don't be an arahant; don't be anything at all. Being something makes you suffer.

The noting mind and the object noted appear to occur as a pair. Through concentration they are seen to arise and vanish together.

The development of insight is gradual, but the realization of truth is sudden.

Better to have one moment of genuine meditation than to perform religious activities for a thousand years.

Peace requires us to surrender our illusions of control.

The practice of vipassana is the study of the self. When you study physical and mental phenomena, you are studying the truth about yourself.

The key to the Buddha's teaching is not grasping, not trying to hold onto things that are essentially impermanent and unstable.

Do not dwell in the past, do not dream of the future, concentrate the mind on the present moment.

Hatred does not cease by hatred, but only by love; this is the eternal rule.

The goal of meditation is not to reach some highest place, but to remain in the place where you already are.

Don't be afraid of the future. The future is good.

Our task is to learn to see clearly what is happening in each moment, rather than be lost in our reactions and judgments.

All experiences are preceded by mind, led by mind, made by mind. Speak or act with a corrupted mind, and suffering follows as the wagon wheel follows the hoof of the ox.

If you want to know the past, look at the present. If you want to know the future, look at the present.

Misery ceases to exist when we stop reacting to sensations.

Our practice cannot be perfect, but without being discouraged by this, we should continue it. This is the secret of practice.

Real happiness comes from having an unshakable connection to the deep wellspring of peace and happiness that is not dependent on external conditions.

The lamp of wisdom burns constantly, illuminating the nature of mind.

True happiness is born of letting go of what is unnecessary.

Forgiveness is letting go of the hope that the past could have been any different.

The best way to control people is to encourage them to be mischievous. Then they will be in control in a wider sense.

The purpose of meditation is not to create a new state of mind, but to recognize what is already present.

Mindfulness is being aware of what is happening right now, without wishing it were different.

The key to happiness is inner peace. The greatest obstacles to inner peace are disturbing emotions such as anger, attachment, fear and suspicion.

When both body and mind are at peace, all things appear as they are: perfect, complete, lacking nothing.